Monthly Archives: December 2008

With all the problems that Long Islanders are facing, it’s encouraging to know that on the issues of hunger and supporting your neighbors in need, they get it. Hunger on Long Island has received more than its fair share of ...

Kevin B. MacLeod, an electrician and owner of KPS Contracting and KPS Solar, is a green graduate. But don’t look for a green degree in his office. His environmental education has been varied, including a one-week class at Farmingdale State ...

In these difficult times, those of us responsible for raising funds for tax-exempt organizations face new challenges that require adherence to basic lessons learned over time. The first lesson is to listen. There are many occasions when we are with ...

While many people winced when the price of gas hit $4 in July, the big news for metal recyclers was that copper hit $4 a pound. Other metals also rocketed during the first six months of 2008. Aluminum hit $3,100 ...

Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, money-losing Shands AGH. Next fall, ...

Ned Bowen President Chris Donovan Associates Bowen runs this Shirley-based home remodeling company that last year began installing photovoltaic panels. While working in the residential remodeling business for more than 30 years, Bowen began doing energy conservation and green building. ...

John Crowley has joined Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc., an insurance company with offices in Melville and East Hampton, as an account executive in the commercial insurance division. For the past five years, Crowley was a math teacher in Queens. ...

Engineering The American Council of Independent Laboratories, a Washington-based trade association representing independent, commercial scientific and engineering firms, welcomed John J. Molloy as chairman. Molloy is the president and chief executive of H2M and H2M Labs in Melville. Government Suffolk ...

With tobacco killing 400,000 Americans annually, organizations like the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island are working to educate and protect the community from the dangers of smoking. “Our main concern is promoting health and protecting everyone from the health ...

Long Island law and accounting firms are bracing for an onslaught of clients who are casualties of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme by setting up task forces, hotlines and class actions. “Right now there is a lot of uncertainty, said Stephen ...